Barrier Function-Based Adaptive Control for Uncertain Strict-Feedback Systems Within Predefined Neural Network Approximation Sets

: In this article, a globally stable adaptive control strategy for uncertain strict-feedback systems is proposed within predefined neural network (NN) approximation sets, despite the presence of unknown system nonlinearities. In contrast to the conventional adaptive NN control results in the literature, a primary benefit of the developed approach is that the barrier Lyapunov function is employed to predefine the compact set for maintaining the validity of NN approximation at each step, thus accomplishing the global boundedness of all the closed-loop signals. Simulation results are performed to clarify the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.